BRUTS SERIES

This body of work is the exploration of the unrestrained action and thought of painting. As a reaction to the rigidness of the Academy, the series was born under the definition of being a therapeutic protest.

From working directly on the wall with unprecedented brush work to utilizing chaos as a palette, the traditional is eluded. The more unacceptable we are, the freer we shall become. What began as purely wild now has a regime and now a duality exists in the artist. Years after the academy’s influence, the series acts as a reaction to his other self.

THE SELF

One is never and can never be the same person twice. The self-portrait captures a moment beyond a physical depiction of the artist. It’s a record of one’s state of mind that projects a glimpse of their temporary identity.

As much as an emotion can reoccur, the way we experience it is never duplicated. The resulting work grants the viewer a glimpse of who the artist sees reflected back at him.